Yo-Kai Watch: Tanjo no Himitsu da Nyan! (It’s the Secret of Birth, Meow!) is a 2014 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film directed by Shigeharu Takahashi and Shinji Ushiroand part of the Yo-Kai Watch franchise.

Plot

When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin, and Do steal the Yo-Kai Watch from Keita so their master Tokio Ubaune can prevent Yo-Kai and humans from being friends, Keita finds help in the Yo-Kai Fuyunyan, who takes Keita, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Keita’s own grandfather Keizo while he was a boy. Together, the two boys fight Tokio Ubaune and her evil Kaima Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.

Now, I will introduce you some main characters of movie.

Keizo Amano

Keizo’s appearance has an uncanny resemblance to Keita’s, latter being his gradson. Unlike Keita, he has tanned skin and wears a white tank top, beige shorts, a blue cape and wooden two-teeth geta sandals. He also wears a necklace with an orange charm.

Abilities and Powers

Keizo is credited with the conception and creation of the Yo-Kai Watch Model Zero, which later inspired the creation of the normal design in the games. He also created the prototypes for fiveYo-Kai Medas, which would be complete before fighting against Kin and Gin alongside Fuyunyan and five classic Yo-Kai.

Keizo is agile and strong. He uses a wooden club to fight Kaima Yo-kai.

Fuyunyan

This Yo-kai’s appearance is inspired by the Japanese Tokusatsu hero Kamen Rider. A blue Cat Yo-kai with white chest, muzzle, and paw tips. It’s nose and inner-ear are dull pink and it’s facial expression appears to be different from of the Cat Yo-kai. At the center of it’s forehead is a white scar. It wears a dull gray belt with white in the center that has a swirled sphere on it, and a long red cloth worn as a cape.

At the beginning of the movie, Fuyunyan appears as Dekanyan, then later becomes Fuyunyan when he explodes. He is a friend of Keizo.

Abilities and Powers

When Keita lends Fuyunyan all the other Yo-kai’s strength, Fuyunyan becomes Darknyan.

Tokio Ubaune

Tokio Ubaune, commonly refered to as Ubaune or also as Motojime-sama by Kin and Gin, is a Boss Yo-Kai. She is the main antagonist of the movie.

Personality

Ubaune is shown to hold a deep grudge for humans due to the long time she spent in prison when she was alive: in her words, since she was robbed of her precious time, she will do the same with the time of everyone.

Ubaune does not seem to understand the bonds between humans and Yo-Kai, which lead to her desire of preventing the creation of the Yo-Kai Watch 60-years ago.

Kin and Gin, Do

Out of all of Ubaune’s subordinates, she trusts Kin, Gin and Do enough to have them erase Keita’s memories of the Yo-Kai Watch. Kin and Gin, in particular, refer to Ubaune as “Motojime-sama” and report to her directly. In the movie, they prevent Keizo from harming Ubaune by using their giant clock to rewind time. After the trio is defeated in the movie, Ubaune shows some concern for them and absorbes them in order to become a big monster.

Box office

The film set a new record for Toho for advance ticket sales, with 721,422 sold by October 26,reaching 840,000 by late November and more than 1 million by mid-December.

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with ¥1.629 billion,a record for a Japanese film, previously held by Howl’s Moving Castle. It reached ¥5 billion by its third weekend,¥6.54 billion by the fourth weekendand ¥7 billion by the sixth weekend. The film was the highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with ¥7.8 billion (US$65 million).The film grossed ₩1.98 billion on its opening in South Korea.

Summary

When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin, and Do steal the Yo-Kai Watch from Keita so their master Tokio Ubaune can prevent Yo-Kai and humans from being friends, Keita finds help in the Yo-Kai Fuyunyan, who takes Keita, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Keita’s own grandfather Keizo while he was a boy.

The film was the highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015.